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Rodrigues night heron

Rodrigues night heron noun: an extinct species of heron, Nycticorax megacephalus, that lived on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands.

Noun

Rodrigues night heron (plural Rodrigues night herons)

  1. An extinct species of heron, Nycticorax megacephalus, that lived on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands.
    • The Rodrigues night heron was an early casualty from the Mascarenes and is particularly interesting for a heron in that it was probably flightless.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 74

Forms of Rodrigues night heron

pluralRodrigues night herons

Questions about Rodrigues night heron

What does Rodrigues night heron mean?
Rodrigues night heron means an extinct species of heron, Nycticorax megacephalus, that lived on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands.
What part of speech is Rodrigues night heron?
Rodrigues night heron is a noun.
What is the plural of Rodrigues night heron?
The plural of Rodrigues night heron is Rodrigues night herons.

Words near Rodrigues night heron in the dictionary

  1. Rodricks
  2. Rodriguan
  3. Rodriguans
  4. Rodrigue
  5. Rodrigues
  6. Rodrigues night heron
  7. Rodrigues solitaire
  8. Rodrigues solitaires
  9. Rodriguez
  10. Rodriguez Camp
  11. Rodriguezgarcia

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